Show r A TD A TT by E LIGAR EDGAR RICE A JL A EL jila rl esl J AN JL A N BURROUGHS J sa AND THE cumor r of tarzan z n of fa the apes PC JEWELS OF orar OPAR son of t tarzan 1911 17 y A C mcclurd C CHAPTER XII continued it 11 but liu lie did not ice flee alone an the lio beast had pressed lit i upon hirn him lift and not been slow blow to tc noto note the die emptied saddle anti the op port unity it presented pi wiled scarcely lind had the he lion ilon draggoo tile aral anil from one side than the belgian seizing the alie pom ellel of thu the Fin windille dille and nin the flit horses horse juliane jt ainne liane upon tipon the horses back ciolll tile other oilier I 1 IA A bricf hour later n naked gillit I 1 easily through tile lower brunches branches of ilia lie trees ond with raked head find diluting dilating nostrils iII Ted the in morning air the swell of blood fill fell wrong upon ills nose ond InIng led with it ani tile heedt of nil ia tile lion the glunt cocked ills bend bead upon one side ido binl prom if 11 short distance tip lip tile trull trail film tile the noises of tit llie greedy erca dy feeding of it lion at pron clied d the spot still kee keeping pill to tile lie branches of the lie trees lie anade no to conical ills his approach and presently lie hall evidence that bullin bud bod heard blin from tile ominous rious rumbling warning that broke from a 0 thicket he tho trail uniting upon a low bran brunch c I 1 just above file lie lion looked down own upon ur in III grisly scene could 1 tills 11 I 1 s 1 urr l thing be ilia bo mail lit its lind hai bevil railing lie ho scolded ninno annl tried to tn doivo the lie brint haast away but only lily tingry growls ro warded ills his efforts elTor ls ili flo toro fore small branches from a near I ly till and impaled them nt fit his ancient enemy looked up III with all bared ralius gri greaning anIng but lie did not lot rise front from ills il L ull 1111 then wed fitted tin nn arrow to ills his bo law tind drawing ilia mint shaft far linck back let drive with till nil ilia force foice of tile lie stough li cooil unit tillit only lie be could bend As the flit III in POW row sunk deeply into lila ills ninan leaped to lili ills feet with n conr or of mingled rage inko bild pain lie he ls tp vj tit nt tho ilia grinning at c tore nt tile tho protruding end of tile the find theil lien sp rIdgIng into 11 the trull trall hilved baic and forth beneath lila ills tormentor agoan tarzan loosed a swift bolt this thue tile bo missile aligned with care lodged in tho the allons apine that great crent kire li tilted in its I trach find ini fill belled awkwardly for MAW upon its hice paralyzed tarzan larnin dropped to the lie trail ran to lie ho beasts side and drove ills spear deep nto into tho the fierce heart chiti after recovering ills ilia arrows turned ills bla attention to tile alio il lutIla ed of f the lie on linal E prey n tho lie near by thicket the face wita I 1 gone tho the arab aroused no doubt na fis to the nin ns since banco lie had trailed bhim into tho the arab camp and out again i liero ha might easily havo acquired ibe apparel so sure auro was tarzan flint the body was M alint of lie ho who ft ho find and robbed him blin that lie ho it no effort to verify tits ills deductions by scent among the ile conglomerate odors of 0 the great carnivore nud and tho the fresh blood ot of tile tho fictile fic till ile iio confined tits ills attentions to it care fill search for tile pouch but nowhere nc liere upon or about chont the corpse was is any sign glen of oc the missing article or its contents tile iho apa dinati wits disappointed pos aebly not so BO much enuch because or of tile tho 1084 los ot 0 tile colored pebbles its is with etli numa for rol robbing bIng lum him of ilia pleasures of revenge wondering what could have become of his possessions tile ape illan turned slowly back along ilia alio trail in the tit dl frostl ft oil which lie ho lidid lift cc come in e TAL ing to tile tho tic ho move moved directly south in search of prey that hut lio lie might satisfy his hill hunger before and then lie ho up till for tile lie afternoon i Sip scarcely arcely lind lie ho quitted quilted the ho trail mil aion ahon it fail black warrior moving nt at 4 dogged trot passed toward the east it was niia Alu gambl searching for his bli ml siri ue ile continued along the troll trail ting to examine tile the body or of the dealt lion the black looked furtively about ailin thu the body evits still warm anti from rom this fact lie he reasoned that tho the killer wits HIIS close nt at hand yet no sign of et living ninn man appeared blu gambi shook ills hla I 1 eaid nud continued along the trull fruit but with ith redoubled caution cnut lon tit all day lie he traveled stopping OCCA 1 1 to cull call aloud tile tho word 1 1 1 lw in n the hope that nt at in ns she mile slight henr find aind respond poud but tu in tho the vid his loyal devotion brought him m tu to disaster arom the northeast for se several verill mon months fliR abd t in command of a detachment of abyssinian soldiers BO idlers lad bad been assiduously searching for the arab raider achmet zek who six mouths previously hall had nf fronted routed the majesty of abdul Hourn ks emperor by conducting a slave shive paid the boundaries boun darls of leks domain donin la and now it happened chait abdul lid hod linsted for a short rust rest at 1 k poon upon this hit very cry day and along 1 I ihk same trall flint anil and biu illel were toward the enst east ugilt wit ma 4 shortly after the soldiers doldi cra halt lint the aigin vi gIn unaware of vrest lico rode his tio kil il mount into their ml nil alft ft ditt before he t had d il alum ketil lie wor WAL t 0 volley of th him us 15 I 1 hr ailt was pulla KI fran bl diuri will left iril lowury the presence 1 I 1 I 1 der palling back upon ills european nil tiona lity assured abdul lint flint lie he was n frenchman hunting in africa und and that lie hu hail had boon been attacked by strangers ills fits fafael killed or scattered find himself escaping only by a miracle lerom krom n vil lince remark of 0 the abys Vcr per discovered ilia put pose of tile expedition lost lie might again full fall into the hands of tile raider lie 11 0 its cou raged Al abdul Itil mourn lu in the further prosecution of his pursuit fissuring assuring tile abyssinian that achmet zek ck col commanded a largo large ond and dangerous dong erous force and naso also that tic ho was marching rapidly toward tile south convinced that lint it would take lake a long time to tile raider will that ilia chances of engagement made the outcome extremely questionable none too unwillingly abandoned ills 1118 plan and gave the necessary orders for lit lila conini and to pitch camp where they were preparatory to taking up tip tile return march toward abyssinia the following morning it wife late lit in the afternoon that the attention of tile camp wits attracted toward tile west by the sound bound of a powerful voice calling a single word repeated several times lady I 1 lady I 1 ardy I 1 true to their instincts of 0 precaution it a number of acting under orders from abdul advanced stealthily lilly through ilia lio jungle toward the author of the call A half hour later inter they alicy returned dragging dinong them the first person tile lie big blacks eyes fell upon tie as lie ile irtis hustled into the presence of tile abyssinian officer was at jules dulci Fre coult tile frenchman alio tic had been the guest of tits his master anti and whom lie ho last had seen entering the lie of 0 zek under stances which pointed to ills familiar aty and friendship for the raiders between tha disasters that bad had befallen tits ills muster moster and its his nin masters house alit and ilia frenchman saw n sinister relationship which kept blin own front recalling to attention tile identity willett tho the latter evidently failed to recognize pleading that lie ho was but a harmless hunter front from a tribe farther south Attign inbi begged to be allowed to go upon its his wily but abdul Atou rak vid nd miring tile warriors warr lora splendid physique decided to take him blin buck back to adis abe abc ba and present him to Ale had not the slightest doubt but that during tile tho course of the journey lie ho would fand amplo opportunity to 0 o elude tile vigilance of ills guards and make good ills his escape then there came FL bitne when lie he learned a very surprising thing thine by accident ile tho the party had find camped early in she he afternoon of a sultry day upon tile lie bunka banks ot of a clear find beautiful stream tile bottom bostoni of the river wua vita gravelly there hero was no indication of 0 crocodile those ment menaces ices to promiscuous bathing in the rivers ot of certain portions of the dark continent andson tho the took advantage of the opportunity to perform long deferred and much need ed cd ablutions As who with had been given permission to enter tile tho uter removed ills hg clothing tho the black noted tho the care with which lio lie unfastened something which circled ilia his waist and which lie ho took of oil wi with th his shirt beeping the latter ground and concealing tile object of its ills suspicious solicitude it was this very carefulness which attracted the blacko blackn attention to tho ilia thing arousing a n natural curiosity in tile warriors mind and aa so it J johnall Joh nill she cried that when the lie Bel belgian gInn in the ilia nervous leaa of rumbled fumbled tin tile hid alen article and dropped it saw it as tt it fell upon tho the ground spill lne ing it portion of ats contents of on tile v sward now Alli gambl lind been to lo with hl ills ti laster lil lie was not no UK the ow in savage will thill me hr i him bilm the hie instant that the jewels of opar rolled scintillating before ilia union dished eyes lie recognized them for what they were hut but lie he recognized recognize something else too that hint interested film fur for inore deeply the value of tile A thousand times lie had blid seen ilia leathern pouch which dnn dan aled nt fit ills in asters side when of life he apes imd flat in a spirit of 0 play and elected to return for ft few hours houra to the lie primitive manners and of 1111 boyhood anti surrounded by ills linked warriors hunt tile the lion nil and the leopard the buffalo anil in the elephant ole pliant afler tile the manner lie he loved best verper saw that gambi had seen tho the pouch and the stones hastily lie ho gathered up tit the flit precious gems and ra ro turned thern to their liehr container while assuming nn an air of indifference strolled town down to the river for ills his bull I 1 the following morning abdul mou blou rak was waa enraged and chagrined to tits dla cover oi cr that his hugo black prisoner had escaped during tile night while was terrified for the he same saine reason until lili his trembling fingers dis discovered coveted tile the pouch still in its place beneath his shirt and within it tile the hard outlines of its contents |